Merchants Bank v. Evans
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Gasconade Circuit Court. The United States Circuit Court has always had the right by the various acts of Congress from 1798 to the present time, to prescribe rules for its action, and to authorize the sale of real estate at a Circuit Court or County Court, and the rules of the court, clearly show it. Such has always been and is now the rule, and sales are constantly made at terms of County Courts.
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Error to Gasconade Circuit Court. The United States Circuit Court has always had the right by the various acts of Congress from 1798 to the present time, to prescribe rules for its action, and to authorize the sale of real estate at a Circuit Court or County Court, and the rules of the court, clearly show it. Such has always been and is now the rule, and sales are constantly made at terms of County Courts. These rules have been recognized, and sanctioned by the United States Circuit Court, and by the Supreme Court of the United States, and are the law. The courts of the United States, may by…
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Judge,
delivered thé opinion of the Court.
This was an action in the nature of a bill in equity, commenced in 1864 in the Circuit Court of Franklin County and taken by a change of venue on the application of defendants to the Gasconade Circuit Court.
The petition, in substance, alleges that the plaintiffs are owners in fee of certain lands in Franklin County which are described in the petition.
The petition sets forth the title under which plaintiffs claim, by which it appears that these lands originally belonged to various parties trading under the firm name of the “ Missouri Mining and…
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